Deuteronomy 17:14:2Deut.17.14.W2TAB
אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ
elhaaret
“into the land”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-A-ret
- Extended
- ehl-hah-AA-ret
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haːˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
el-ha-A-ret
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ta-VO el-ha-A-ret
- clause
ki-ta-VO el-ha-A-ret a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN lakh vi-rish-TAH ve-ya-shav-TA BAH
- sentence
ki-ta-VO el-ha-A-ret a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN lakh vi-rish-TAH ve-ya-shav-TA BAH ve-a-mar-TA a-si-MAH a-LAI ME-lekh ke-KHOL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER se-vi-vo-TAI
Exegesis
The phrase ʼel-hā-ʼā-reṣ {אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ | ʼel-hā-ʼā-reṣ} marks motion into a specific territory.
Root and etymology
ʼ-r-ṣʼaleph-resh-tsade
“land, earth”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:14
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you take possession of it and live in it, and you say, “Let me appoint a king over me like all the nations around me.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 17:14, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ (elhaaret) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.17.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.14.W2.S1) and character.